Topic - wifi

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Media, Communications, Internet, Finance

Cable Challenge: Wi-Fi or WiMAX?

Normally in lockstep on new technology, cable operators are divided on wireless, but experts say when the dust settles maverick Cablevision will come back to the pack.
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Media, Communications, Internet, Finance

Cablevision Unwraps Free Wi-Fi

Unlike its rivals who chose WiMax, New York's maverick cable operator picks Wi-Fi for the largest free wireless mesh network in the United States.
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Computers, Media, Communications, Internet, Finance

Intel, Jajah Awaken VoIP Inside

Chip giant hopes developers will follow VoIP firm's lead and use 'Wake' technology for unattended downloads and remote PC management.
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Media, Communications, Finance

HP to Acquire Colubris

WiFi firm, which has been courting an acquisition for more than a year, gives HP corporate WiFi credibility while Colubris finally gets longer market reach.
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Media, Communications, Internet

T-Mobile At Home With $10 Phone Service

Mobile carrier takes its inexpensive landline service nationwide. Now what, Vonage, AT&T, Verizon, Comcast, and Time Warner Cable?
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Computers, Media, Communications, Internet, Finance

Cablevision to Spend $300M on Free Wi-Fi

As cable operators continue to struggle with the incorporation of mobile communications, New York-based company offers subscribers free Wi-Fi in neighborhoods.
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Media, Communications, Internet, Finance

Cable Giants Talk WiMAX

Comcast and Time Warner Cable are testing the waters for a joint venture with Sprint and Clearwire that may not solve cable's long-term problems.
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Security, Media, Communications, Internet, Finance

T-Mobile Venture Fund Backs Ubiquisys Femtocells

Deutsche Telekom's venture arm pumps investment into Ubiquisys for femtocells, its indoor cellular technology, as the startup prepares for a market showdown with WiFi.
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Computers, Media, Communications, Internet, Finance

T-Mobile Moves Indoors With $10 Service

Mobile carrier challenges Verizon, AT&T, Vonage, and cable operators with home phone deal that erases old landline barriers.
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Security, Media, Communications, Finance

Aruba Nabs AirWave for $37M

Wi-Fi gear maker could get a leg up on rivals such as Cisco, Meru, and Trapeze, but customers could see post-merger AirWave as partisan.
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Archives, General news, Communications, Finance

Wi-Fi Sensor Firm Detects $20M

Intel spinoff GainSpan pulls in funding from Opus Capital, New Venture Partners, OVP, Sigma, and Intel Capital.
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Communications, Finance

Cisco Nabs Navini for $330M

Is this an acknowledgment that Wi-Fi will not cut it long-term as a wide-area broadband technology?
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Computers, General news, Communications

IBM, Partner Aim to Break Wireless Speed Limits

Big Blue and chipmaker MediaTek plan millimeter-wave chipsets that would allow "The Titanic" to be downloaded within seconds.
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Communications, Finance

Cisco Grabs Wireless Startup

Networking equipment market leader plans to acquire wireless spectrum management startup Cognio, stepping up pressure on WiFi rivals.
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Communications

Phones To Change Dramatically

iPhone, WiFi, WiMAX, mobile video and mobile television cited as instruments of change.

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Computers, Finance

Polaris Sells Cushcraft for $90M

The Laird Group buys maker of antennas for WiMAX, WiFi.
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Computers, Internet

City Council Could Nix SF Wi-Fi Deal

EarthLink municipal wireless chief says deal to offer high-speed wireless service faces political hurdles.
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Computers, Internet

Google, EarthLink to Unwire San Francisco

Search giant and Internet service provider are close to deal for Wi-Fi service in the city.
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Computers, Communications

Wi-Fi On Wheels

Buckle up, a Bay Area startup is offering a new type of mobile Internet.
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Communications

Clearwire Files for $400M IPO

The filing marks the return of wireless pioneer Craig McCaw.
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